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Saturday, October 27, 2007

The Cost of Being LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender) in Todays World

Thanks to Chuck's Laird68.com

Punishments for being who you are in different parts of the world

Algeria – A Fine to 3 Years in PrisonAngola – Labor CampsAntigua and Barbuda – 15 Years in PrisonBahrain – A Fine to 10 Years in PrisonBangladesh – 10 Years to Life in PrisonBarbados – Life in PrisonBelize – 10 Years in PrisonBenin – 3 Years in PrisonBhutan – 1 Month to 1 Year in PrisonBotswana – A Fine to 7 Years in PrisonBrunei – A Fine to 10 Years in PrisonCameroon – A Fine to 5 Years in PrisonCook Islands – A Fine to 14 Years in PrisonDjibouti – 10 to 12 Years in PrisonDominica – 10 Years in PrisonEgypt – 5 Years in PrisonEritrea – 3 to 10 Years in PrisonEthiopia – 10 Days to 3 Years in PrisonGambia – A Fine to 14 Years in PrisonGhana – Not KnownGrenada – 10 Years in PrisonGuinea – 6 Months to 3 Years in PrisonGuinea Bissau – Labor CampsIndia – A Fine to Life in PrisonIran – DeathJamaica – 10 Years Hard LaborKenya – A Fine to 14 Years in PrisonKiribati – A Fine to 14 Years in PrisonKuwait – A Fine to 7 Years in PrisonLebanon – A Fine to 1 Year in PrisonLesotho – Not KnownLiberia – A FineLibya – A Fine to 5 Years in PrisonMalawi – A Fine to 14 Years in PrisonMalaysia – A Fine to 20 Years in PrisonMauritania – DeathMauritius – A Fine to 5 Years in PrisonMorocco – 6 Months to 3 Years in PrisonMozambique – Labor CampsMyanmar/Burma – 10 Years to Life in PrisonNamibia – Not KnownNauru – 14 Years Hard LaborNepal – A Fine to 1 Year in PrisonNicaragua – 1 to 3 Years in PrisonNigeria – 5 Years in Prison to DeathNiue – A Fine to 10 Years in PrisonOman – A Fine to 3 Years in PrisonPakistan – 2 Years to Life in PrisonPalau – A Fine to 10 Years in PrisonPalestine – A Fine to 10 Years in PrisonPapua New Guinea – A Fine to 14 Years in PrisonQatar – A Fine to 5 Years in PrisonSaint Kitts and Nevis – 10 Years in PrisonSaint Lucia – A Fine to 10 Years in PrisonSaint Vincent and Grenadines – A Fine to 10 Years in PrisonSamoa – A Fine to 7 Years in PrisonSao Tome and Principe – Labor CampsSaudi Arabia – DeathSenegal – 1 Month to 5 Years in PrisonSeychelles – A Fine to 2 Years in PrisonSierra Leone – Life in PrisonSingapore – 2 Years in PrisonSolomon Islands – A Fine to 14 Years in PrisonSomalia – 3 Months in Prison to DeathSri Lanka – A Fine to 10 Years in PrisonSudan – 5 Years in Prison to DeathSwaziland – A FineSyria – A Fine to 3 Years in PrisonTanzania – A Fine to 25 Years in PrisonTogo – A Fine to 3 Years in PrisonTokelau – A Fine to 10 Years in PrisonTrinidad and Tobago – 25 Years in PrisonTunisia – A Fine to 3 Years in PrisonTurkmenistan – A Fine to 2 Years in PrisonTuvalu – A Fine to 14 Years in PrisonUganda – A Fine to Life in PrisonUnited Arab Emirates – DeathUzbekistan – A Fine to 3 Years in PrisonYemen – Flogging to DeathZambia – A Fine to 14 Years in PrisonZimbabwe – A Fine to 1 Year in Prison